2014 Oscar Nominations

This morning the 2014 Oscar Nominations were announced by Chris Hemsworth. For the most part, the nominations were what I expected. I do believe that the Academy got it right leaving Blue Jasmine and Saving Mr. Banks off Best Picture. Both were good, but just shy of being in the caliber of the other films nominated for the top prize. I am however a bit disappointed that Inside Llewyn Davis did not do better. I guess it was a bit to dark and “real” for the Academy. I also would have loved to see some nominations for Short Term 12 or Fruitvale Station, but that was a long shot.

With that said, I’m overall pretty pleased and in agreement with most of this picks. Glad to see Leo get a nomination.

The Academy Awards take place March 2. Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Picture:

12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director:

David O. Russell
Alfonso Cuaron
Alexander Payne
Steve McQueen
Martin Scorsese

Best Actor:

Christian Bale
Bruce Dern
Leonardo DiCaprio
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Matthew McConaughey

Bet Actress:

Amy Adams
Cat Blanchett
Sandra Bullock
Judi Dench
Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor:

Barkhad Abdi
Bradley Cooper
Michael Fassbender
Jonah Hill
Jared Leto

Best Supporting Actress:

Sally Hawkins
Jennifer Lawrence
Lupita Nyong’o
Julia Roberts
June Squibb

Adapted Screenplay:

Before Midnight – Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips – Screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena – Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street – Screenplay by Terence Winter

Original Screenplay:

American Hustle – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her – Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson

Animated Feature Film:

The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises

Cinematography:

The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners

Costume Design:

American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years A Slave

Documentary Feature

The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom

Documentary Short Subject

CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karma Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Film Editing:

American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years A Slave

Foreign Language Film:

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

Makeup and Hairstyling:

Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger

Original Score:

The Book Thief (John Williams)
Gravity (Steven Price)
Her (William Butler and Owen Pallett)
Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)
Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

Original Song:

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let it Go” from Frozen – Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from Her – Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedon – Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Production Design:

American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years A Slave

Animated Short Film:

Feral
Get A Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom

Short Film:

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem

Sound Editing:

All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor

Sound Mixing:

Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor

Visual Effects:

Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

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